The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-27
SHOT THROUGH THE NECK.
Negroes Trouble with His Wife Results in
His Shooting One of Her Paramours.

Domestic infelicity and whisky were the
causes of disturbance among colored people
living in the neigh borhood of the City Hospital
yesterday afternoon, that resulted in the dan
gerous if not fatal shooting of John Walker,
of the participants The man who did the
shooting is John A Huddleston, and he is I'M
der arrest, charged with attempted murder. The
trouble occurred II the neighborhood of Herb
Evans's saloon at the corner of Elizabeth and
Patterson Streets between and o'clock in the
afternoon.
For several months Huddleston has be.
ieved that his wife was too intimate
with Monk Cravens. Loney Bar
Der and John Walker. Yesterday
he returning home at o'clock unexpectedly.
He was informed by some of his friends that his
wife was at the residence of Loney Barber in
company with Monk Cravens. He went to the
house, Ind being refused admission, got an axe
and burst in the door. He found his wife
there in company with Cravens, as reported to
him, and demanded that she return home
with him She refused to go, and Craveps,
too, said she should not go. The two men came
to blows. and finally; after Huddleston had
compelled Cravens to leave the premises, he
succeeded in getting his wife to accompany him
home.
After he had taken her home Huddeston
started to his fathers house, near by. and
the street encountered Cravens, Walker and
Barker. all under the influence of liquor. They
demanded 20 know why he was abusing his wife,
and told him that if he did get out Of the
neiehborhood quickly they would make it warm
for him. Huddleston refused to run from them
and Barker assaulted him with Ratchet, strik-
ing him on the head. The attack about to
be followed up when Huddleston drew his
volver. and fired at Walker. The bullet struck
him in the right side of the neck, Just below the
ear. and ranged upward. AS
Huddleston fred the shot he started
to run, and shot at three
times by Cravens, but none of the bullets took
effect Before middleton got out of the neigh
borhood he met Sergeant Lowe and Merchant
policeman Carroll. and was placed under arrest.
Cravens and Barber both fed before the officers
reached the scene of the shooting, but warrapts
have been issued for the arrest of both.
Walker was carried to the City Hospital only
a half-square away, where his wound was
dressed by DR.. Oliver The bullet was probed
for but was not found. The superstition is that
it lodged somewhere near the base of the brain.
The wound is OF very serious character but
DR.. Oliver thought last night there was chance
for the mans recovery.
Huddleston did not seem to regret what he had
done after he was locked up. He pleads self
defense. and the ruin of his domestic happiness.
Late last night Crayens and Barker returned
to their homes, and were arrested by patrolmen
Hi nney and Pope. At the station-house they
were charged with assault and battery with in
tent to kill. Their version of the affair does
not differ materially from that of Hud dleston,
except that they claim that Huddleston had no
reason to charge them with interfering with his
domestic affairs